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Nicole Seiberlich, an assistant biomedical engineering professor, wants her PhD students to make painful discoveries—to struggle and find answers on their own. For that—and teaching, listening and counseling them—Seiberlich won the John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Student Mentoring this…

English professor Kurt Koenigsberger likes to joke about being the perpetual also-ran. His students have nominated Koenigsberger, who teaches and researches British literature of the late-19th and 20th centuries and serves as the English department’s director of graduate studies, for the John S.…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease stemming from underlying genetic, socio-demographic and environmental factors. In 2005, an estimated 1.5 million adults aged 18 or older were diagnosed with RA. There is no known cure for RA, but starting around 1998 biologic drugs started being…

The incident that prompted security alerts early Saturday morning took place off campus and did not involve any individuals affiliated with Case Western Reserve. The university issued the alerts as a precautionary measure until the actual details of what had happened became clear. As soon as…

Case Western Reserve researchers have discovered that a protein previously implicated in disease plays such a positive role in learning and memory that it may someday contribute to cures of cognitive impairments. The findings regarding the potential virtues of fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5) —…

Be sure to check your course syllabi and the final exam schedule in SIS to ensure you know the exact date, time and location of each of your final exams. Consult the Educational Services for Students’ Final Exam Review Schedule to find out when and where supplemental instruction leaders will hold…

The Human Capital Management System (HCM) will upgrade its servers the second weekend in May. Please revise your Web browser bookmarks to case.edu/hcm in order to access the site. There are no functional changes for HCM users.

Sunniva Collins, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will be awarded the Cleveland Technical Societies Council’s Technical Educator Award at the 68th annual achievement and awards event May 5. The award is bestowed annually to individuals in the field of engineering who…

Pandora Robertson is a database applications developer by day and theater director by night. The roles—seemingly in stark contrast to each other—are not as different as one might think. “Development and directing are similar in that you must create something out of nothing,” she said. “Both…

Information Technology Services and MathWorks will host a MATLAB seminar for members of the Case Western Reserve community on Friday, May 9. The seminar is free of charge and features two sessions, each of which will be held in Kelvin Smith Library room LL06. “Optimizing and Accelerating Your…